{"id":465839,"date":"2026-03-09T11:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/465839\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:36:32","slug":"nasa-says-asteroid-2024-yr-will-miss-moon-in-2032","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/465839\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA says asteroid 2024 YR will miss moon in 2032"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there&#8217;s now zero chance that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/life\/science\/asteroid-samples-could-redefine-our-understanding-of-lifes-origins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">asteroid<\/a> 2024 YR will crash into the moon in 2032.<\/p>\n<p>The space agency had been predicting a 4.3% chance of a direct hit. But observations by the Webb Space Telescope in February helped scientists refine the asteroid\u2019s orbit.<\/p>\n<p>This new information indicates that the asteroid will miss the moon by 13,200 miles (21,200 kilometers) on Dec. 22, 2032.<\/p>\n<p>Discovered at the end of 2024, the asteroid at first looked like it might threaten Earth. Scientists last year ruled out a collision with our planet anytime in the next century, but kept the moon as a possible target. The asteroid is about 200 feet (60 meters) across.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JN9LXf.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    The Daily Sabah Newsletter\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                    Keep up to date with what\u2019s happening in Turkey,<br \/>\n                    it\u2019s region and the world.\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    SIGN ME UP\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                    You can unsubscribe at any time. By signing up you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<br \/>\n                    This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there&#8217;s now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[19126,125,1586,92,90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-465839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-asteroid","tag-earth","tag-moon","tag-nasa","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}